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Small Business Development
Committee Legacy Report; Committee 2023 Annual Report
27 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the Legacy Report covering its activities during the Sixth Parliament.
The draft recommended that the Seventh Parliament should develop a tool that could facilitate, monitor and track the responses by the Executive to the Committee's recommendations and ...
Small Business Development
Update on Committee resolutions emanating from the oversight visits
20 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee of Small Business Development convened virtually to consider a briefing by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) on the status of issues raised by the Committee during its oversight visit to the North West province.
SEFA's presentation focused on implementing the Committee's recommendation concerning the Spaza ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Establishment of a cooperative bank for women, youth, and persons with disabilities; Taxation of deceased’s estate/inheritance & financial impact on women/widows
7 Mar 2024
The Multiparty Women's Caucus met to hear a briefing from the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) about the progress made with establishing a cooperative bank for women, youth, and persons with disabilities. There was also a briefing from National Treasury on the current legal and ...
Small Business Development
Cannabis and Hemp Industry: Challenges and Opportunities
6 Mar 2024
The meeting focused on opportunities and challenges faced by small-scale cannabis and hemp farming industry, as highlighted in the briefing by Hemp 4 Life, House for Hemp and South African Health Products Regulatory Agency (SAHPRA). Key points included:
• No start-up funding: Land Bank funding requires a water licence ...
Small Business Development
DSBD, SEFA and SEDA Q2 &3 of 2023/24 Performance
28 Feb 2024
The Department of Small Business Development and its entities, the Small Enterprises Development Agency (SEDA) and Small Enterprises Finance Agency (SEFA), met with the Portfolio Committee in a virtual meeting to present their respective performances in the second and third quarters of the 2023/24 financial year. Generally, the 2nd ...
Small Business Development
Election of Chairperson; 2024 First Term Committee Programme; Germany Study Tour Report
21 Feb 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development met to deal with several in-house matters, including the election of a chairperson and the consideration of its official documents.
The position of Committee Chairperson had been vacant since the passing of former Chairperson, Ms V Siwela (ANC). ...
Small Business Development
National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: adoption
5 Dec 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development convened to finalise the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill. The Bill provides for the establishment of the Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency; to ensure the provision of financial and non-financial support services to small enterprises; to promote the development of sustainable and ...
Small Business Development
National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: consideration
1 Dec 2023
The Committee met online to hear responses to outstanding questions and issues from the previous evening’s meeting on the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill. This included the long title, reference to the Companies Act, small enterprise organisations, cooperative enterprises, unfair trading practices, the service delivery network, independent assessment of ...
Small Business Development
National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: Legal Services Input & Public Participation Report
30 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development convened in a virtual meeting to consider its report on the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill public participation process and the Department's response to the legal and constitutional issues raised in the written and oral submissions.
The Committee Content Advisor Bill indicated ...
Small Business Development
Small Business Development BRRR; Progress on Preparations for Provincial Public Hearings
18 Oct 2023
2023 Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
The Committee met in a virtual meeting to consider the 2023 Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) of the Department of Small Business Development and its entities.
Members focused on the observations and recommendations sections in the report and made a number ...